Lightning Point: episode guide

Wipeout

When Zoey and Kiki, two irrepressible girls from another galaxy land in Lightning Point, their dreams of surfing the waves of Earth's oceans have finally come true! As soon as their ship lands, they head to the beach where they meet Amber — a local teen teaching a surf class. Zoey and Kiki convince her to give them a beginner's lesson — but when Zoey borrows Madison's board and surfs the back break, Amber is suspicious. Who are these girls?

Meanwhile, Amber's best friend Luca finds the landing site and with it, some alien technology. Kiki and Zoey are horrified to discover that their precious plasma card is gone — and there's a strange barking noise coming from their cloaked ship. With no time to lose, they are forced to trust Amber with their secret — they're aliens from another planet and their space ship has her dog. With Amber's help, they track down the card and quickly head back to the ship. One look from Zoey and Piper, the local Police Dog and Amber's missing pet, is free. But Piper didn't take too kindly to being locked in an alien craft and attacks the thing that trapped her — the Plasma Card… BOOM! The Space Ship explodes… ! "Bad dog…" says Amber.

Microwave

With their space ship obliterated and no other way of getting home, Kiki and Zoey settle into the teenage world of Lightning Point at Amber's house. Amber's mother, Sergeant Olivia Mitchell is surprised by the girls' appearance, but is glad Amber finally has some company. Amber hopes Kiki and Zoey can keep a low profile, but her dreams are dashed when local surf king, Brandon takes an interest in Zoey and invites her to a barbeque — at the request of girlfriend Madison. At the event, Zoey finds out that Madison is no welcoming party and warns her to keep away from Brandon — but just as the tension between them is escalating, Madison turns on the microwave. The energy pulse morphs Zoey into her true alien plasma form and traps her in an esky! When Amber and Kiki come to visit Luca to talk him out of publicising his crop circle find, Amber discovers Zoey is in trouble — and has to make a fool of herself in front of the whole party to rescue her.

Wires Crossed

To blend in, Zoey and Kiki start attending Amber's school — and find it nothing like school on Lumina. In a desperate attempt to contact home, Zoey devises a plan using "primitive" Earth technology — satellites.

Convinced that this plan will work — and will be undetectable to human ears — Zoey and Kiki plant their plasma card on the school satellite and beam up a signal.

But when dogs start flooding the school, Amber suspects Zoey and Kiki are behind it — canines can hear the signal. When Piper turns up on the scene as well, Amber takes the only chance she can — before Luca and Mr Phillips find out the real reason behind the dog deluge.

Feelings

When Kiki is moved to tears by Amber's singing, Amber makes an important discovery — Luminans can only experience emotions on Earth. Meanwhile, Zoey has fallen in love with surfing and goes out every day — that is, until Brandon steals her wave and makes her break Amber's prized surf board…

Having never experienced anger, Zoey is a ticking time bomb and when Brandon and Madison team up to push her buttons, Zoey starts creating mini-earthquakes around Lightning Point! Can Amber make Zoey realise that she needs to let her anger out, before she explodes the Diner?

Good Vibrations

Quadrupeds fascinate Kiki and when she finds out that Luca's horse Bandit has been skittish and dangerous to ride ever since they arrived, she feels terrible. Secretly using her alien powers, Kiki reads Bandit's aura and calms his energy, just in time for Luca to see that Kiki and Bandit now have a special bond. But when Kiki accidentally takes Bandit on a magical ride, she'll need to tread carefully to convince Luca and Brandon that Bandit is no danger — and still keep her secret.

While Kiki is connecting with quadrupeds, Zoey tries to connect with the white goods in Amber's house — if humans can do housework, aliens could do it twice as fast, and better too! But Zoey will have a lot of explaining to do when Amber returns home to a house full of rampaging appliances…

Crushed

Luca and Kiki have been growing closer and Amber is sick of being stuck in the middle! Finally, Luca asks Kiki out on a date — and Kiki can't wait. Zoey thinks that love is a waste of time and sets off to follow up on some plasma card research, which may help unlock the mystery of why they came to Lightning Point.

When Kiki arrives for the date, Luca is surprised to see what, or who, she brought along. Amber?! Luca is certain that Amber is jealous — and there to spoil the fun. But when Kiki experiences the depth of her feelings for Luca, she starts glowing uncontrollably — and Amber will have to bring the date to an end. Fast. Will Luca buy her excuses?

Alien Abduction

Episode 1.07
USA: Thursday, June 07, 2012
Australia: Friday, August 03, 2012
Written by David Hannam
Directed by Colin Budds

When Zoey escapes the washing up to recharge her energy, Amber and Kiki think nothing of it — until a big burst of lightning strikes their house. Rushing upstairs, they find Zoey gone. When another bolt of lightning hits the house and tries to communicate with Kiki, she comes to a dark conclusion — Zoey is trapped in the lightning!

Luca's alien hunt has stepped up a notch now that another electrical storm has come to town — the same type of storm as when aliens first visited Lightning Point. After Kiki and Amber lose track of the storm, they realise that to find Zoey, they will have to team up with Luca. Can the girls find Zoey without revealing their secret? Or will time run out when the storm — and Zoey — are blown out to sea?

Risky Business

Zoey is finding Brandon a challenging surfing adversary. He's even started to compliment her on her moves. But there's one person who doesn't like this change in Brandon — Madison. Zoey is feeling on top of the world, so when Madison casually challenges Zoey to surf the infamous Lighthouse Break with her, Zoey accepts. If Madison can do it, why can't she? But Zoey underestimates the danger of the break and wipes out on her first wave. She panics — and can't control herself morphing into her true alien form! She escapes before Madison notices, but it was a close call.

Zoey decides that she and Kiki can no longer surf — it's too risky. But when Madison and Brandon fight, Zoey will be the only one around that can save her from the Lighthouse Break. Will Zoey risk it?